Heavy Snow, S Lander & S Eureka
- When
- March 9, 5:00 AM PST to 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Lander & S Eureka forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.959, -116.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 9, 2001
2 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 9, 2:00 AM PST, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 2:00 AM PST, 3 hours before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 AM PST FRI MAR 9 2001 SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF RAIN OR SNOW ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FOR A RETURN TO WARM...DRY WEATHER FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK. SHORT TERM...UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY LOCATED AT 120W AND 45N IS CURRENTLY DROPPING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE SIERRA NEVADA RANGE. THIS WILL RESULT IN A GREAT DEAL OF CLOUDINESS AND AN INCREASING NUMBER OF SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA THROUGH SATURDAY. THE COLD AIR TAKES A WHILE TO GET TO OUR AREA...SO MOST OF OUR TEMPERATURE AND SNOW LEVEL DROP WILL OCCUR FROM TODAY TO TOMORROW. BETWEEN A LITTLE SURFACE HEATING AND A RATHER GOOD AMOUNT OF COOLING ALOFT...LIFTED INDICES THIS AFTERNOON DROP AS LOW -3.5... SO WILL INCLUDE A MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES. CONVECTIVE SNOW BANDS ARE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BUT SNOW WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCUMULATING BELOW 7000 FEET FOR A WHILE. THUS A SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 7000 FEET SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE HIGHWAY 50 AREA. LONG TERM...SUNDAY COULD SEE THE BACK EDGE OF SOME WRAPAROUND PRECIPITATION IN OUR FAR EASTERN AREAS. THE REST OF OUR FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL. FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A HIGHLY POSITIVELY TILTED RIDGE BUILDS IN. THE SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RIDGE WILL DISSIPATE MOST OF THE CLOUDINESS AND PUT A QUICK END TO ALL PRECIPITATION ACROSS OUR AREA. THE MRF THEN DROPS A SYSTEM THROUGH THE RIDGE ON THURSDAY... BUT THIS LOOKS A LITTLE ODD...SO WILL LEAVE THIS ALONE FOR ANOTHER RUN. PRS .EKO...SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 7000 FEET ZONES 35 AND 37.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, White Pine
- When
- March 9, 5:00 AM PST to 3:30 PM PST
- Where
- White Pine forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.442, -114.902 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Eureka Sheriff reported close to 2 feet of snow fell in Eureka. A foot of new snow was reported on state highway 892 near Strawberry and on Austin Summit.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 9, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 9, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 9 to 10, 2001
More
Every storm in Nevada in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, March 2001
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5230186, 5230187.